Perhaps it was inevitable that a game that took so long to get started showed a marked resistance to finishing. But 15 days after it should have been played, after a desperately tense period of extra time, River Plate, in the end, won the Copa Libertadores, lifting the title for the fourth time, beating Boca Juniors 3-1 (5-3 in aggregate) in the final in Madrid.
Boca had gone ahead just before half time as Dario Benedetto finished off a rapid counter attack, but Lucas Pratto, a former Boca striker, converted after a neat passing move midway through the second half following a period of extended River pressure.